Richard Douglas Fosbury (March 6, 1947 – March 12, 2023) was an American high jumper, who is considered one of the most influential athletes in the history...

The Fosbury flop is a jumping style used in the track and field sport of high jump. It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose...

Fosbury may refer to: Fosbury, a village in Wiltshire, England Fosbury Camp, the site of an Iron Age hillfort in Wiltshire, England Dick Fosbury (1947–2023)...

3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Dick Fosbury won by using a backward jumping style that was called the Fosbury Flop. This was the unveiling of the...

was the dominant style in the high jump before the development of the Fosbury Flop. It is a successor of the Western roll, for which it is sometimes...

American Dwight Stones was the first Fosbury Flop jumper to set a world record. The namesake of the technique, Dick Fosbury impressed the world by winning the...

Olympic firsts and numerous world records. These included: Dick Fosbury introduced the Fosbury Flop to the high Jump by jumping over backwards, whereas...

However, it would be a solitary innovator at Oregon State University, Dick Fosbury, who would bring the high jump into the next century. Taking advantage...

(incumbent) 3,047 100% 2014 General Steve Miller (incumbent) 6,411 50.5% Dick Fosbury 6,285 49.5% 2016 Primary Steve Miller (incumbent) 2,679 100% 2016 General...

Nike, Inc. and University of Oregon track coach Dick Fosbury, athlete in high jump, inventor of Fosbury Flop, two-time NCAA champion, 1968 Summer Olympics...